Author: S. Muthiah
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chennai (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Madras, Its Past & Its Present
Author: S. Muthiah
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chennai (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chennai (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Madras Rediscovered
Author: S. Muthiah
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chennai (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chennai (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Madras on Rainy Days
Author: Samina Ali
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312423308
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Clashing identities - Muslim and American.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312423308
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Clashing identities - Muslim and American.
The Land of the Permauls, Or, Cochin, Its Past and Its Present
Author: Francis Day
Publisher:
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Category : Cochin (Princely State)
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cochin (Princely State)
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Tamarind City
Author: Bishwanath Ghosh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789357767774
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
About the Book A WITTY, OBSERVANT AND PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY OF A REMARKABLE CITY-CHENNAI From moody, magical Madras to bursting-at-the-seams, tech-savvy Chennai, the two aspects of the city are inseparable. As Bishwanath Ghosh tells us, while Chennai is usually known as conservative and orthodox, almost every modern institution in India-from the army to the judiciary; from medicine to engineering-traces its roots to Madras. Today the city once again figures prominently on the global map as 'India's Detroit', a manufacturing giant and a hub of medical tourism. There have been sweeping changes since Independence, but even as Chennai embraces change, its people hold its age-old customs and traditions close to their hearts. It is this city that Bishwanath Ghosh explores, delving into its past, roaming its historic sites and neighbourhoods, and meeting a wide variety of people-from a top vocalist to a top sexologist, from a yoga teacher to a percussionist, from a yesteryear film star to his own eighty-five-year-old neighbour. What emerges is an evocative portrait of this unique city, drawn without reservation-sometimes with humour, sometimes with irony-but always with love. About the Author Bishwanath Ghosh, an Indian writer and journalist, best known for his literary travelogues which describe the essence of India. In 2009 he published the bestselling Chai, Chai: Travels in Places Where You Stop but Never Get Off, which The Telegraph (Kolkata) called "a delightful travelogue with a difference." He is also the author of Longing, Belonging (2014), which is a portrait of present-day Kolkata, Gazing at Neighbours (2017) and Aimless in Banaras.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789357767774
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
About the Book A WITTY, OBSERVANT AND PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY OF A REMARKABLE CITY-CHENNAI From moody, magical Madras to bursting-at-the-seams, tech-savvy Chennai, the two aspects of the city are inseparable. As Bishwanath Ghosh tells us, while Chennai is usually known as conservative and orthodox, almost every modern institution in India-from the army to the judiciary; from medicine to engineering-traces its roots to Madras. Today the city once again figures prominently on the global map as 'India's Detroit', a manufacturing giant and a hub of medical tourism. There have been sweeping changes since Independence, but even as Chennai embraces change, its people hold its age-old customs and traditions close to their hearts. It is this city that Bishwanath Ghosh explores, delving into its past, roaming its historic sites and neighbourhoods, and meeting a wide variety of people-from a top vocalist to a top sexologist, from a yoga teacher to a percussionist, from a yesteryear film star to his own eighty-five-year-old neighbour. What emerges is an evocative portrait of this unique city, drawn without reservation-sometimes with humour, sometimes with irony-but always with love. About the Author Bishwanath Ghosh, an Indian writer and journalist, best known for his literary travelogues which describe the essence of India. In 2009 he published the bestselling Chai, Chai: Travels in Places Where You Stop but Never Get Off, which The Telegraph (Kolkata) called "a delightful travelogue with a difference." He is also the author of Longing, Belonging (2014), which is a portrait of present-day Kolkata, Gazing at Neighbours (2017) and Aimless in Banaras.
"About Jamaica:" Its Past, Its Present, and Its Future
Author: Robert Emery
Publisher:
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Category : Jamaica
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Jamaica
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The Story of Madras
Author: Glyn Barlow
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chennai (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chennai (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Languages and Nations
Author: Thomas R. Trautmann
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520931904
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
British rule of India brought together two very different traditions of scholarship about language, whose conjuncture led to several intellectual breakthroughs of lasting value. Two of these were especially important: the conceptualization of the Indo-European language family by Sir William Jones at Calcutta in 1786—proposing that Sanskrit is related to Persian and languages of Europe—and the conceptualization of the Dravidian language family of South India by F.W. Ellis at Madras in 1816—the "Dravidian proof," showing that the languages of South India are related to one another but are not derived from Sanskrit. These concepts are valid still today, centuries later. This book continues the examination Thomas R. Trautmann began in Aryans and British India (1997). While the previous book focused on Calcutta and Jones, the current volume examines these developments from the vantage of Madras, focusing on Ellis, Collector of Madras, and the Indian scholars with whom he worked at the College of Fort St. George, making use of the rich colonial record. Trautmann concludes by showing how elements of the Indian analysis of language have been folded into historical linguistics and continue in the present as unseen but nevertheless living elements of the modern.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520931904
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
British rule of India brought together two very different traditions of scholarship about language, whose conjuncture led to several intellectual breakthroughs of lasting value. Two of these were especially important: the conceptualization of the Indo-European language family by Sir William Jones at Calcutta in 1786—proposing that Sanskrit is related to Persian and languages of Europe—and the conceptualization of the Dravidian language family of South India by F.W. Ellis at Madras in 1816—the "Dravidian proof," showing that the languages of South India are related to one another but are not derived from Sanskrit. These concepts are valid still today, centuries later. This book continues the examination Thomas R. Trautmann began in Aryans and British India (1997). While the previous book focused on Calcutta and Jones, the current volume examines these developments from the vantage of Madras, focusing on Ellis, Collector of Madras, and the Indian scholars with whom he worked at the College of Fort St. George, making use of the rich colonial record. Trautmann concludes by showing how elements of the Indian analysis of language have been folded into historical linguistics and continue in the present as unseen but nevertheless living elements of the modern.
The Land of the Permauls, Or, Cochin, Its Past and Its Present
Author: Francis Day
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cochin (Princely State)
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cochin (Princely State)
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
The Madras Presidency with Mysore, Coorg and the Associated States
Author: Edgar Thurston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107600685
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Part of the Provincial Geography of India series, this 1913 volume, concentrates on Madras, Mysore, Coorg, and other associated states.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107600685
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Part of the Provincial Geography of India series, this 1913 volume, concentrates on Madras, Mysore, Coorg, and other associated states.